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<h2 align=center>strerror</h2>
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<h3>Name</h3>
strerror - get error message for error code

<h3>Library</h3>
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

<h3>Synopsis</h3>
#include &lt;string.h&gt;<br>
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const char *<br>
strerror(int <em>code</em>);

<h3>Description</h3>

The error string for the error specified by <em>code</em> (see
<A HREF=../syscall/errno.html>errno</A> for more information) is
retrieved.
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It is not itself an error to request error strings for out-of-range
values of <em>code</em>, but the string returned under such
circumstances may not be very enlightening when printed.

<h3>Return Values</h3>

The error string is returned.

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